Creationists' Fight Rages in Europe, Too

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Forcing schools to teach biblical creation or intelligent design is not a battle limited to America … It's happening in Europe, too.

Jens Lubbadeh writes about this subject in the February 25 issue of Spiegel Online.   Lubbadeh reveals some shocking trends in Europe.   Read the full article.

The 60-year-old Council of Europe, which includes 47 countries promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law, published a draft resolution on the Dangers of Creationism in Education.   You can read the entire draft here.   For a quick review, here's the resolution's summary:

The theory of evolution is being attacked by religious fundamentalists who call for creationist theories to be taught in European schools alongside or even in place of it. From a scientific view point there is absolutely no doubt that evolution is a central theory for our understanding of the Universe and of life on Earth.

Creationism in any of its forms, such as "intelligent design", is not based on facts, does not use any scientific reasoning and its contents are pathetically inadequate for science classes.

The Assembly calls on education authorities in member States to promote scientific knowledge and the teaching of evolution and to oppose firmly any attempts at teaching creationism as a scientific discipline.

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